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Tall Poppy Review: Romance and Destiny in Monaco

Imagine joining Grace Kelly’s private dinner parties with a jet set of aristocrats, artisans, and Hollywood elite, all taking place along the glamourous Côte d’Azur. Add Prince Rainier, the wedding of the century, and the magic of Monaco, and it’d be no surprise to see Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb…
Julie Cantrell
July 18, 2019
Fiction

A Frenzied World of Fashion and Foreboding

It is a writer’s challenge to conjure those well-documented years sans clichés, to share a new story about a shocking time when German soldiers were increasingly glimpsed along the cobblestone streets and in the bars of the fanciest hotels. Parisians went about their business, but few lives were unaffected. Many…
Claudia Keenan
July 10, 2019
Fiction

Love, Social Climbing and the British Monarchy

With lyricism, intelligence and an extraordinary historical voice, Beatriz Williams brings World War II-era Nassau, Bahamas to life in her new original saga, The Golden Hour (William Morrow), set inside the court of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It’s 1941, and newly widowed Lulu Randolph arrives in Nassau to…
BookTrib
July 5, 2019
Book Club NetworkFiction

War Through the Eyes of Female Pilots

Inspired by the team of women pilots who trained soldiers in the second World War, Noelle Salazar's The Flight Girls (MIRA) innovatively weaves the struggles of misogyny, trauma and platonic relationships with the paradoxical truth of war’s powerful capacity to both fracture relationships and bring individuals together. Seldom are readers…
Emily Wolfe
June 26, 2019
Thrillers

Detective Team Unveils Mystery in 1930s Chicago

Michelle Cox suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s. Perhaps that is why she writes about the period so adeptly. Chicago is the setting for her award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, engaging plots that charm us with modern-minded characters enmeshed in a world full of social expectations,…
Anne Eliot Feldman
June 12, 2019
Fiction

Life, Love & Loss at the Dead Letter Depot

Lost letters have been around since the very beginning of correspondence. Illegible writing, no forwarding address: what happens to such missives? Historically, post offices have hired smart, trustworthy, kindly people who spend their days trying to track down senders and recipients. They function as detectives, really. Often their work involves…
Claudia Keenan
June 4, 2019
Fiction

“City of Girls” is Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Gem

I've never read anything from Elizabeth Gilbert before I read City of Girls (Riverhead Books). The most I knew about her was that she once wrote a book called Eat, Pray, Love which was turned into a movie with Julia Roberts. No offense to Elizabeth or Julia, but there was one ad…
Meagan Foy
June 3, 2019
FictionRomance

Alexander the Great from a Woman’s POV

In her historical fiction novel, Realm, (Vesuvian) Alexandrea Weis takes us back to the ancient world where men revered their gods, conquerors were kings and the fate of an empire lay on the battlefield. Alexander the Great might be described by some as one of history’s most successful military leaders,…
Krista Beggan
May 31, 2019
Fiction

Dickens-Inspired Story Will Turn–Not Sever–Heads

It's the French Revolution. A young woman is in line for the guillotine, and she's the last person to speak to Sydney Carton, also awaiting execution, who she recognizes as an imposter taking the place of someone else. They give each other comfort. Though their interaction is only brief, their…
Janice Lombardo
April 22, 2019
Fiction

Memories of the Past and a Vision of the Future

In Another Time (Harper) by Jillian Cantor is a wonderful historical fiction novel with deep characters who love books, music and each other. In 1930s Berlin, Max, a German bookshop owner sees Hanna playing what she loves most, the violin.  He is enchanted and in an attempt to get her…
Jennifer Blankfein
March 29, 2019